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Odisha: Arrested BJP MLA abused officers, damaged property at polling booth, s
Updated On: 27 May, 2024 12:15 PM IST | Khorda (Odisha) | mid-day online correspondent
He said that the district election officer has been requested to provide the footage of the booth, where the alleged altercation happened
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According to an ANI report, Prashant Jagdev, the MLA for the Bharatiya Janata Party, invaded the polling booth and misbehaved with the election officers before being taken into custody by the Odisha Police on Sunday. Jagdev, a member of parliament from the Chilika assembly constituency, was taken into custody on suspicion of destroying an electronic voting machine (EVM) and hitting two poll workers on Saturday.
Jagdev misbehaved, mistreated the authorities, and harmed the VVPAT control equipment within the booth, according to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Awinash Kumar."MLA Chilika Assembly and MLA candidate for Khorda Assembly entered the booth after breaking the queue. Then, he has shown misbehaviour with the presiding officer and the polling officer. He also abused the government officials there. He damaged the VVPAT control unit. On the basis of this, a case was registered and thereafter, the MLA was taken to the court," the DIG told ANI.
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